Insert hepatic shunt (tips) at Banner Estrella Medical Center
9201 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1275566200
$3,239.96
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$8,372.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$1,674.40 with Aetna vs $13,352.00 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $1,674.40 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $2,126.49 | ↓ -34% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $2,511.60 | ↓ -22% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $2,930.20 | ↓ -10% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $3,348.80 | ↑ +3% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $3,767.40 | ↑ +16% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $3,767.40 | ↑ +16% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $4,018.00 | ↑ +24% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $4,186.00 | ↑ +29% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $4,186.00 | ↑ +29% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $4,186.00 | ↑ +29% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $4,412.04 | ↑ +36% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $4,464.00 | ↑ +38% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $4,520.88 | ↑ +40% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $4,520.88 | ↑ +40% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $5,860.40 | ↑ +81% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $6,279.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $7,281.13 | ↑ +125% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $7,281.13 | ↑ +125% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $7,281.13 | ↑ +125% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $7,281.13 | ↑ +125% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $7,281.13 | ↑ +125% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $9,358.00 | ↑ +189% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $9,613.00 | ↑ +197% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $9,813.71 | ↑ +203% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $9,813.71 | ↑ +203% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $10,046.00 | ↑ +210% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $10,467.96 | ↑ +223% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $10,575.00 | ↑ +226% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $10,682.00 | ↑ +230% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $10,991.27 | ↑ +239% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $11,349.00 | ↑ +250% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $13,084.95 | ↑ +304% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $13,084.95 | ↑ +304% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $13,084.95 | ↑ +304% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $13,352.00 | ↑ +312% |
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Insert hepatic shunt (tips) at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $2,997.18 | $1,674.40 – $9,613.00 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $4,089.31 | $831.46 – $8,456.95 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | not published | $831.46 – $6,154.45 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $4,039.83 | $2,225.80 – $9,227.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $5,864.98 | $2,225.80 – $9,227.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $2,863.22 | $1,674.40 – $9,813.71 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $2,419.51 | $1,674.40 – $9,613.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $2,319.04 | $1,674.40 – $8,351.00 |